OBSERVATIONS
Wood Duck: (1) male on 29 September at
Mendenhall Glacier Forelands (DM) – the presumed same male was found
later with a female in the lower Mendenhall Valley in early November
(RA, photo 11-20-06).
Pied-billed Grebe: (1) on 28 September – 24
October at Twin Lakes (GV et al.), (1) on 5-7 October at Mendenhall
Glacier Forelands (DM, PS), and (1) on 12 October at Pt. Bridget
(MS, PS).
American Kestrel: (1) late-lingerer (perhaps the
same individual that has over-wintered in recent years?) on
16 November at Mendenhall
Wetlands (GV, photo).
Peregrine (
tundrius
subspecies): (1) adult on 27 August at Mendenhall Wetlands (GV).
Gyrfalcon: (1) dark-morph on 21 September at
Mendenhall Glacier Forelands (MB).
American Coot: Present from late-September thru
3 November at Twin Lakes (m. obs.), with peak count of 8 on 25
October (PS).
Pacific Golden Plover: (1) on 5 September at
Mendenhall Wetlands (MS photo, GV).
Upland Sandpiper: (1) on 18 - 30 August at
Mendenhall Wetlands (GV).
Hudsonian Godwit: (1) female adult on 6 Agust at
Eagle Beach (GV) and (
16)
on 13 August at Mendenhall Wetlands (MS).
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper: (1) juvenile on 4
September at Mendenhall Wetlands (m. obs, MS photo).
Photo
by Mark Schwan
Stilt Sandpiper: only (1) juvenile seen this
fall, on 3 September at Mendenhall Wetlands (GV, et al.) – the
lowest total in quite a few years.
Ruff: (2) immature females on 27 August – 10
September at Mendenhall Wetlands (RG, MS photo, et al.), a very rare
record for the Juneau region. One of the birds re-appeared for one
day on 22 September (GV).
Photo
by Mark Schwan
Ring-billed Gull: (1) adult on 7-8 October at
Mendenhall Wetlands (PS, BA, GV, MA).
Lesser Black-backed Gull: (1) adult on 6 August
(ND) and 17-18 September at Mendenhall Wetlands (GV, RG, BP).
Northern Pygmy Owl: (1) on September 2 at N.
Douglas (PR), (1) on October 1 at S. Douglas (PR), (1) on 7 October
at Brotherhood Park (PS, BA), (1) on 7 October near the airport
(PR), (1) on 15 October up Thunder Mountain (PS), and (1) at Auke
Bay on a number of occasions in late November (GV).
Barred Owl: (1) calling on 25 September at Eagle
Beach (GB).
Common Nighthawk: (1) on 29 August at Mendenhall
Wetlands (GV, PR), (
3) at
the same time on 12 September over the Mendenhall Valley (GV), and
(1) on 15 September at Mendenhall Wetlands (GV).
Vaux’s Swift: a flock of (
40)
on 3 September flying above Eagle Beach (GV).
Northern Flicker: (1) female red-shafted at North
Douglas feeder 20 October through the end of November (PS).
Western Wood-Pewee: (1) late migrant observed on
5 October at Point Bridget
(PS).
Say’s Phoebe: (1) juvenile on 2 September at
Auke Bay (GV, photo).
Mountain Bluebird: (1) late migrant on
17 November at Salmon Creek (LB).
Swainson’s Thrush: (1) late-lingerer on
22 October at Lemon Creek (PS) –
a one-legged bird.
Northern Mockingbird: (1) on 6 August at Auke
Bay (GV), perhaps Alaska’s 16
th
record.
European Starling: (9) in West Juneau on November 4
(PR) – perhaps the last ones in Juneau. The species is almost
extinct in the Juneau region.
Cedar Waxwing: (12) on 15 August near Mendenhall
Wetlands (GV).
Common Yellowthroat: (1) late-lingerer on
28 October at Boy Scout Camp
(Eagle Beach) (BA) and another (1) on
29 October at Pt. Bridget (PS).
Wilson’s Warbler: (1) late-lingerer on
2 November at Auke Bay (GV).
Clay-colored Sparrow: (1) immature on 14-18
September at Auke Bay feeder (GV photo, et al.) – Alaska’s 8
th
record.
White-throated Sparrow: (1) white-morph on 13 –
17 October at Auke Bay feeder (GV).
Rustic Bunting: (1) HY on 27 October at the Boy
Scout Camp (Eagle Beach) (PS, photo; GB, RJG, MS, LB) – first record
for Juneau, and 2
nd
record for SE Alaska. Miraculously,
another(!) bird arrived at
a N. Douglas feeder on 29 October and remained through 2 November
(PS, photo; BA, et al.).
Photo
by Paul Suchanek
Brown-headed Cowbird: (1) juvenile on 20 August
at Eagle Beach (GV, AD) and (1) juvenile on 30 August at Admiralty
Creek, Admiralty Island (Larry Musarra, photo).
White-winged Crossbills: fairly common fall migrant
this year – quite a number of flocks of 20-50 reported during
October, but few Red Crossbills.
Common Redpolls: a quite common fall migrant this
year – numerous small flocks of 15-50 reported late-October through
November, with occasional flocks of 250-500 (PS). No birds
appeared to stop at feeders.
Evening Grosbeak: (1) imm./female on 15
September at Mendenhall Glacier Forelands (MB).
